Table 2: Incomes of American GIMs, FPs, NPs and PAs, 1989-2016 (current US dollars).

	General internal medicine	Family practitioners	Nurse practitioners	Physician assistants
1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010-2011 2012 2016	146,000 125,000 123,400 150,000 - - - - - 123,280 123,180 126,930 158,350 160,130 158,200 156,550 160,860 167,270 176,740 201,920	95,000 98,000 115,400 110,000 - 124,000 - - - - - - - - 146,000 - 149,850 - 172,000 - 189,000 189,000	- - 60,800 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 90,440 - 90,580 99,000	- - 60,800 - - - - 44,980 46,760 50,650 60,680 62,410 63,490 64,790 68,780 71,070 74,270 77,800 81,610 89,470 94,870 99,000

Sources [24,59,62,67,75-78]. There are some inconsistencies due to the variety of sources, but the data give an impression of the order of income growth rates.